Out To The Ballgame

AUTHOR(S)

King, Paul

PUB. DATE

September 2007

SOURCE

FoodService Director;9/15/2007, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

The author offers observation on concessions at baseball stadiums in the U.S. He stresses that baseball stadiums have responded well to customer demands, knowing that fans often spend four hours or more at a ballpark and frequently arrive at a night game straight from work and hungry. He suggests that university foodservice directors who are involved with, or considering taking on, their campus' stadium concessions would do well to pay a visit to AT&T Centerplate.

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